Catalytic Clothing
A public experiment between Fashion and Science - our endeavour to purify the air we breathe.
Principal Investigator at UAL: Professor Helen Storey
College: London College of Fashion
Project summary
Catalytic Clothing seeks to explore how clothing and textiles can be used as a catalytic surface to purify air, employing existing technology in a new way. It is the brainchild of artist/designer Professor Helen Storey MBE and chemist Tony Ryan - people from very different worlds whose minds have come together over recent years in highly successful art/science collaborations.
A series of cultural and art interventions will bring this forthcoming technology into the public domain, seeking to engage people. The exclusive full length version of our film (featuring, and with thanks to, model Erin O’Connor and Radiohead) introduces our public experiment between the worlds of Fashion and Science. This is our endeavour to purify the air we all breathe.
Catalytic Clothing emerged during Wonderland, which used 'dissolving dresses' to explore new ways to dispose of plastics (seen by 11 million people). Extending this collaborative model, Helen Storey aims to use clothing technology to improve health, and to directly engage the public and industry in its delivery.
Join us. Shape your world.
Outputs
Outputs realised from the research project
2015
Storey, Helen (2015) Catalytic Clothing - Teaching and Learning. [Show/Exhibition]
2012
Storey, Helen and Ryan, Tony (2012) Catalytic Clothing - Red Planet Dress. [Art/Design Item]
2011
Storey, Helen and Ryan, Tony (2011) Catalytic Clothing. [Art/Design Item]
Storey, Helen and Ryan, Tony (2011) Catalytic Clothing - Field of Jeans. [Art/Design Item]
Storey, Helen and Ryan, Tony (2010) Catalytic Clothing - HERSELF. [Art/Design Item]